Thomas B Costain — The Silver Chalice

Hodder and Stoughton Limited 1956 Hardback. The plot of The Silver Chalice centers on the Grail — the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper. Tired of â€oeall the Arthurian tripe about the Holy Grail,” Costain imagined his own version of the story. Joseph of Arimathea hires Basil of Antioch, a lowborn artisan, to fashion a beautiful silver casing to hold the plain original cup that Jesus used. The casing is to be decorated with the faces of Jesus and the twelve Apostles. To fulfill the commission, Basil travels throughout the ancient Mediterranean world to meet these men and those who knew them intimately. No DJ. Cover marked but otherwise good. Good.